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The List of Adrian Messenger 24 reviews
George C. Scott, Kirk Douglas
Universal Studios, 1994
DVD, PLEASE!!
When, when, when is this terrific movie going to come out on DVD? The mystery is great, the acting terrific and I defy anyone who sees it for the first time to figure it out!
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Tough Guys 9 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas
Buena Vista Home Video, 1988
A 'Must See" For "Wannabee Movie Stars"!!!RIP Mr. Lancaster
This movie stars two of the Icons from the Golden Age Of Cinema namely Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster. These two very fine actors play a couple of ex convicts who can't adjust to life on the outside so they decide to rob one last train.Eli Wallach is also very funny and memorable in this movie as a myopic hitman who will stop at nothingto fulfill a 40 year old contract. This movie is a wonderful ...
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Victory at Entebbe 9 reviews
Helmut Berger, Theodore Bikel
Warner Home Video, 1995
Great Linda Blair movie!!
Linda Blair is the best in this movie! Besides that cute guy who plays her boyfriend she is the best in the cast! She was soo cute looking the only problem is she looked to much (and acted to much) like Regan Macniel the character he did a year later in the heretic! But thats ok! Even though when she was crying she sounded like a smurf (i'm sorry.. she did! :) ) Elizabeth Taylor is a little bit ...
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Judgment at Nuremberg82 reviews
Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster
MGM (Video & DVD), 1997
A Film for All Seasons
Written by Abby Mann, directed by Stanley Kramer, "Judgment at Nuremberg" is one of those rare movies that keeps you in its clutches for a very short three hours. Set in 1948 this 1961 film covers the Nuremberg trials when judges were put on trial for their decisions during Hitler's rule. The acting to an individual is outstanding. Spencer Tracey, who presides over the trials, is an American ...
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From Here to Eternity89 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift
Columbia Classics Tristar Home Video, 1994
A classic that lives up to its reputation
From the days when doorstop novels (or at least large chunks of them) were turned into films rather than mini-series, From Here to Eternity may be toned down to please both the censors and the US Army, whose co-operation was vital to the film, but it's still a superb piece of film-making that slips in a few powerful punches between the lines.
Set in Pearl Harbor in the months leading up to the ...
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Devil's Disciple (1959)8 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas
MGM (Video & DVD), 1998
The Devil Gets His Own
This classy film mixes fact and fiction. Bernard Shaw's take on the American Revolution has all the smart touches that we associate with his plays with some scant reference to history thrown in. What makes this movie a hit are the three great actors who are all in their prime here. Laurence Oliver's John Bourgoyne (Gentlemanly Johnny) is simply brilliant. His acid wit makes for a most ...
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Separate But Equal 25 reviews
Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster
Republic Pictures, 1996
Lest We Forget
The story portrayed is essential in the evolution of education in America. The sad fact is that the film is unavailable in DVD format. It needs to be available in DVD so that the current generation can experience the challenges that were faced in bringing civil rights to our classrooms. This is a superb film with acting that is at the top of the artistic scale. It is a film for all.
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Jim Thorpe: All American13 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford
Warner Home Video, 1992
jim thorpe all american
I WAS VERY HAPPY TO RECEIVE MY DVD AND THE QUALITY AND SERVICE WAS FIRST CLASS AND I HAVE TOLD MY FRIENDS ABOUT YOUR MARVELOUS SERVICE AND PRODUCT
KIND REGARDS RICHARD WOODINGS.
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Elmer Gantry48 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons
MGM (Video & DVD), 1994
Elmer "where are ya now, when we need you" Gantry
Ah yes, when men were men, and Burt Lancaster was the best of all possible men! He has always breathed a quality of three-dimensional life into the characters that he portrayed that made him almost mythical. But clearly this was one of Burt's best acting performances. The man embodied sheer brilliance.
In one scene Elmer (Burt Lancaster) walks into an all black Church, takes a place in the ...
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Trapeze5 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis
MGM (Video & DVD), 1998
Beautifully photographed love story in circus setting
Great circus shots in a beautiful miniature European circus surround a love triangle. Lots of tension, suspense, interesting characters and a great climax! Tremendous photography of aerial stunts and other circus action.
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The Train81 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield
Mgm Entertainment, 1992
Im a rail fan
Born in 59 I was just getting my impressions of the world in the 60s. My Father saw that I was very fastinated by trains, So he took me to some movies that were out in the 60s that featured trains. "Von Ryans Express"was a great one "How The West Was Won " had some dynamic railroad scenes. But It was "The Train" that showed me the most about how the steam engine operates and the sounds and the ...
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Ulzana's Raid23 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison
Good Times Home Video, 1999
FULL-SCREEN (ALAS...) VERSION OF A SUPERB WESTERN
I really don't understand what's going on in the mind of the people who decide which movies may have the honor to be released in the DVD standard. Take Robert Aldrich's ULZANA'S RAID for instance. Everybody knows or at least should know that only the curious ones and the movie lovers would bought this 1972 movie and that this category of viewers prefers a wide-screen version than a butchered ...
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The Crimson Pirate30 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat
Warner Home Video, 1993
Lancaster has given the modern cinema more "pure enjoyment" than almost any other major star!
It's doubtful whether any pirate ever looked like Lancaster, rigged out in a succession of exaggeratedly modish outfits and bleached-blond hair... He is the 18th-century pirate swashbuckler to end all swashbucklers!
With his mute, but athletic side-kick friend Nick Cravat, Lancaster leads an island's people in rebellion against the tyrant Baron Gruda... His damsel is Eva Bartok, the ...
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Rainmaker (1956)18 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn
Paramount, 1998
"Water! I recommend it"
Bill Starbuck (Burt Lancaster) is a charlatan selling multi-flavored hopes of fulfilled dreams. Take your pick: early-warning tornado devices or cumulous nimbus over drought stricken cattle. It requires more than animated gestures and wild stories to satisfy the matrimonial desires of aging Lizzie Curry (Katherine Hepburn). Their paths cross in the Southwest as THE RAINMAKER promises thunder to ...
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The Young Savages6 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill
MGM (Video & DVD), 1997
film that deserves more recognition
East Harlem New York is the setting where three members of an Italian gang savagely murder a blind puerto Rican boy in cold blood. The boys are subsequnetly arrested and district attorney Hank Bell (Burt Lancaster) at first seeks the death penalty for the boys. He shortly after finds out that one of the boys is the son of his childhood girlfriend who still resides in the East Harlem district ...
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Field of Dreams188 reviews
Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan
Universal Studios, 1992
field of dreams
Field of Dreams...was about baseball,but in a fantasy way.I really love it.Kevin Costner,Amy Madigan,Earl Jones,and the rest of the cast were real great in this movie too.It's a family movie i would highly recommened everyone to watch it.
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Run Silent Run Deep59 reviews
Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster
MGM (Video & DVD), 1996
Look to the seas and look back to the good old days
When you look at 1958's RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP directed by Robert Wise you can see the intellect, craftsmanship and most importantly the emotionally charged energy that went into the making of this film. Director Robert Wise was always the consummate professional consistently delivering a solid, engrossing and entertaining motion picture. Robert Wise was a director with no discernible directorial ...
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The Professionals51 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin
Sony Pictures, 1987
Old Dog Tricks
I've always loved Westerns, but The Professionals far exceeded my expectations. David Brooks both wrote the script and directed this 1966 adventure, based on a book by the great Western writer, Frank O'Rourke.
The story takes place shortly after the Mexican Revolution, a transitional period in U.S. history, when men who fought beside Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders, served in the ...
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Sorry Wrong Number (1948)54 reviews
Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster
Paramount, 1998
"There's someone on the stairs!"
Leona (Barbara Stanwyck) is a rich invalid who is driving her husband (Burt Lancaster) crazy with her attempts to keep him dependent on her financially. When one night he doesn't come home, Leona attempts to call him. Picking up the receiver, she discovers the line in use. A moment of unintentional eavesdropping reveals a murder plot that Leona is helpless to prevent.
For her performance, ...
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Zulu Dawn66 reviews
Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward
Video Treasures, 1988
Zulu Dawn
A very good movie. As far as I can determine, it is rather accurate in its' depiction of the of the battles and politics of some rather inept officals. Highly reccomend this movie AND the older movie ZULU. Also need to watch is the mini series Shaka Zulu.
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